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Vuelta á Espana 2016
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| cio93 |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:34
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Hitler would be proud
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:34
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Valverde might be worse. Pic form from February to October. lel |
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| HuDCC |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:36
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Movistar guys Quintana-Valverde sitting 1st-2nd in GC now 
Thank you Andy for everything!
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:37
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Froome hilarity aside; beautiful win for Quintana: dropped Contador in a mano-a-mano and held off the onrushing mutant to take the stage comfortably. Gives me real hope that he could win this Vuelta, something I didn't think possible when I saw the route, as the stages that should theoretically suit him more are still to come. And of course a world away from his enigmatic performance at the Tour. You can do it Nairo 
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| alexkr00 |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:38
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Miguel98 wrote:
Valverde might be worse. Pic form from February to October. lel
Exactly. What's up with that?
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:41
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If not babysitting the useless Quintana, Valverde would podium 3 GT's this year. Bit annoying, would have been tidy achievement that.
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| Dusen |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:43
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Finally a GC guy winning a big stage, it warms my heart. |
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| Luxemburger |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:44
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Miguel98 wrote:
Valverde might be worse. Pic form from February to October. lel
No, because in contrast to the clean Froome, Valverde dopes 
Kirchen's second account according to Spilak23, 21-07-2016 17:16
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| Arberg27 |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:46
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Quintana is favorite to win now and we must listen to his fanboys (again again again) until Froome smashes him in TDF next year (again again again).
Contador had better legs than Froome today, but Froome are smarter.
Edited by Arberg27 on 29-08-2016 16:49
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| Choklets |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:48
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Floyd Landis?
No he's like Obelix, he still benfits from the remainders of PEDs in his body from back then.
Bit earlier I wrote that team radio's gotta go.
Now I'd like to add power meters in races.
Feel sorry for Gesink tho. |
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| Tamijo |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:53
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Great stage, nice with a GC win.
This race to 100 times more fun than TDF.
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Posted on 23-11-2024 08:41
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| Miguel98 |
Posted on 29-08-2016 16:56
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Good question
Valverde will top 5 3 GT's in one year. Who was the last to achieve that? |
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| Spilak23 |
Posted on 29-08-2016 17:01
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Never been done.
Gastone Nencini did 1-6-9
Raphaël Geminiani did 4-6-3
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| Croatia14 |
Posted on 29-08-2016 17:02
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Valverde was 6th at Le Tour...
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| larsaliknt |
Posted on 29-08-2016 17:14
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Well, I think we've finally seen the beautiful stage we were asking for.
Froome with an amazing recovery, or else he just pretended to be suffering at the beginning of the climb. In which case he deserves an Oscar. Awesome rider.
I liked watching Contador being brave, but nope, his legs are not what used to be.
Valverde, as always, dropping early to later catch on like 'don't count me out yet, I just ride on my own rythm"
And Quintana... well, it doesn't matter if he wins the Vuelta by 1,2 or 6 minutes. Y'all people are gonna keep saying that he's overrated 
Thanks cycling, this is just what we want. |
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| Stromeon |
Posted on 29-08-2016 17:14
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Arberg27 wrote:
Quintana is favorite to win now and we must listen to his fanboys (again again again)
I do hope you appreciate the irony in this statement
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 29-08-2016 17:34
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I guess that was Sky's marginal gains philosophy summed up perfectly.
They've worked out the kind of time they expect the others to ride up the mountain, worked out the average power outage for Froome to ride up it in that time and then Froome has risen it almost to perfection. I don't think many riders either now or in the past could have done that.
Quintana looked strong again but I can't help thinking his inability to put serious time into Froome could come back to haunt him. I still think he needs to lead Froome by 2 plus minutes going into the final TT to win overall. |
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| larsaliknt |
Posted on 29-08-2016 17:44
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Ok, so I got a question for the community. Who do you think has been the biggest revelation in the Vuelta so far? And who's being the biggest disappointment? |
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| I_Mayo |
Posted on 29-08-2016 17:51
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I knew it, I knew it... Froome is the pantomime horse of cycling, don't know how you can squeeze that, but Danny Pate is probably hiding somewhere inside. |
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| Shonak |
Posted on 29-08-2016 18:05
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Contador really blew up there hard sigh.. likely there won't be much left with Movistar now fully in charge but I think a podium should be a good deal. Who knows what can happen in week three, Quintana looks too strong tho. Afterwards, all focus on a new squad.. Somehow, Tinkoff is just isn't working out for him ever since Bjarne Riis left when I come to think of it. So a change of scenery for his final year(s) is actually necessarcy by now.
Watching yoyo Froome is always quite exhilarating, quite remarkable that he can deliver such comebacks.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
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